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Even if you don't use copy-paste, as long as there's a fallback path - the "Forgot Password" link - the password confirmation is kind of superfluous.
by ashu 19y ago
Even if you don't use copy-paste, as long as there's a fallback path - the "Forgot Password" link - the password confirmation is kind of superfluous.
- eru 19y agoAnd to make the fallback path as easy as possible --- just ask the users to use their full email adress as user name. If they want to sign their comments et al with something other than their username (=their email) - you can provide a nick feature to be configure on the pref's page.
- axod 19y agoI would agree, but some people aren't keen on giving their email address straight off the bat. You could be poised to spam them with a million emails. I think username/password, then fill in email etc in profile page, and if they don't fill in their email address, they can't recover their password and will need to create a new account. Depends on what they're signing up for though - how 'lightweight' is it, does it just store some handy prefs for the app, or does it store credit card details for instance.
- r7000 19y agoI made an e-mail address optional with only a username and password required. The results are almost exactly 50/50 between those who put in an email address and those who do not.
- eru 19y agoYou are right about the spam angst. economist.com uses the procedure I have outlined above - and I think it works for them because they are seen as respectable to begin with.
- brlewis 19y agoGive them a choice of email or screen name for logging in, and have a succinct privacy policy. Here's how it's done: https://ourdoings.com/reg.html https://ourdoings.com/reg.html